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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what time will Bao-yu be allowed to live with the girls?
(a) Until he is married.
(b) While he is an adolescent.
(c) As long as Dai-yu is living there.
(d) While Yuan-chun is absent.

2. Why is Aroma upset with Bao-yu in Chapter 21?
(a) He is ignoring her.
(b) He is not paying attention to his studies.
(c) He is spending too much time with girls.
(d) He continues to eat the tree bark.

3. What does Yuan-chun remind the family of as she departs from the garden?
(a) All the opportunities they will have to visit each other.
(b) Her desire for them to be happy.
(c) How impressed she is with garden.
(d) Her disappointment at being made a concubine.

4. Who scolds Aroma for not getting up when she enters a room?
(a) Dai-yu.
(b) Bao-chai.
(c) Yu-chun.
(d) Nannie Li.

5. To whose house does Bao-yu wander to to study to look at a painting that he likes?
(a) His friend Qin-shi.
(b) His uncle Feng-shu.
(c) His cousin Ming.
(d) His cousin Zhen.

6. What does Jia-lian use as his bedroom while his daughter is ill?
(a) Outer study.
(b) The Mattresses' room.
(c) Aroma's room.
(d) The living room.

7. What does Aroma urge Bao-yu to stop eating?
(a) Lipstick and other cosmetics.
(b) Leaves from the oak tree.
(c) Butter.
(d) Bark of the oak tree.

8. What is most important about The Temple of the Iron Threshold in relation to Qin-shi?
(a) She once gave a speech there.
(b) It is her favorite place to visit.
(c) Blessings will be offered for her soul there.
(d) She will be buried there.

9. What gift does Shui Rong give to Bao-yu?
(a) A tunic.
(b) A rosary.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

10. Who visits Aroma's home with Bao-yu?
(a) Qin-shi.
(b) Yu-chun.
(c) Tealeaf.
(d) Patience.

11. What is the attitude of Jia Zheng's literary friends towards Bao-yu?
(a) They belittle him.
(b) They are sympathetic towards him.
(c) They constantly praise him.
(d) They show they do not care for him.

12. What is Dai-yu trying to do when Bao-yu comes to visit her in Chapter 19?
(a) Write a poem.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Read a poem.
(d) Take a nap.

13. Who helps Bao-yu with writing poems for Yuan-chun?
(a) Bao-chai and Dai-yu.
(b) Xi-feng and Dai-yu.
(c) Qin Zhong and Bao-chai.
(d) Jia Zheng and his literary friends.

14. What sound comes from one of Bao-yu's rooms when the girls are ganging up on him?
(a) Singing.
(b) Laughing voices.
(c) Quiet discussion.
(d) Angry voices.

15. Who dies at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Qin-shi.
(b) Sappy.
(c) Qin Zhong.
(d) Jia Zheng.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bao-yu not allow to be taken from him by his pages?

2. What must families of concubines do so that they can meet together in private?

3. Which of the following does NOT happen in the wake of Qin-shi's death?

4. What does Bao-yu pick at Qin Zhong about while staying at the temple?

5. What arrangements does Xi-feng talk to her husband about in relation to get-togethers?

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